Web Design Manager

Anthropic•San Francisco, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring a Web Design Manager to lead its enterprise web design team and shape how businesses experience Anthropic online. The role owns the enterprise web design practice, setting priorities, guiding projects from brief to launch, and maintaining a high standard for visual quality, storytelling, and performance. The manager will develop the design direction for Anthropic’s enterprise web presence and provide hands-on art direction across imagery, illustration, typography, motion, and layout. The role works closely with enterprise marketing on priorities, messaging, and launches, and partners with web engineering, web strategy and growth, brand and creative, sales and customer teams, product, and external agencies. The manager will lead and develop designers, translate marketing requests into creative direction, present and explain design decisions to stakeholders, and use performance data and experiments to improve shipped work without allowing metrics to replace creative judgment.

Requirements

Deep web design experience, including direct management of web or creative designers.
A portfolio of shipped web work demonstrating strong craft, storytelling, and a clear point of view.
Strong art direction skills and a sharp eye for detail, with experience directing visual concepts from idea to polished execution.
Ability to shape narrative and pacing across a page or campaign so design carries the message.
Experience designing complex, multi-audience websites at scale, ideally for technical or enterprise products.
Ability to turn complicated products into distinctive pages that convert.
Ability to maintain a high bar on tight timelines and make smart tradeoffs under pressure.
Ability to work effectively with marketing partners, translate requests into direction, and push back with clarity and care.
Understanding of web performance and ability to use data and experiments without letting metrics replace creative judgment.
Enjoyment of building teams, giving direct feedback, and helping designers grow.
Ability to explain design decisions simply to stakeholders across functions.
Excitement about Anthropic’s mission to develop AI that is safe and beneficial.
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Education or experience in a field relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience at companies known for exceptional web craft on technical products.
Familiarity with enterprise buyer journeys and designing paths to conversion.
Experience partnering with SEO, analytics, and growth teams on experimentation programs.
Background working closely with engineers on design systems, performance, and implementation quality.
Experience managing agencies or external design partners on large web initiatives.
Strong writing or content design sensibility that strengthens storytelling on the page.
Experience setting design direction during periods of rapid company growth.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the enterprise web design team, including hiring, coaching, feedback, and career growth.
Own the craft standard for enterprise web design, ensuring pages are distinctive, clear, and performant.
Set team priorities and ways of working in partnership with marketing and design leadership.
Guide projects from brief to launch, turning marketing requests into clear creative direction.
Provide hands-on art direction across imagery, illustration, typography, motion, and layout.
Coach designers on craft and visual storytelling with specific, actionable feedback.
Partner with campaign, product, and segment marketers on messaging, launches, and day-to-day priorities.
Develop design direction for the next stage of Anthropic’s enterprise web presence in support of company goals.
Partner with web engineering to ensure designs are implemented with high quality and strong performance.
Collaborate with SEO, analytics, and growth partners to measure results, run experiments, and improve conversion.
Present design work and rationale to stakeholders, explain decisions clearly, and push back when needed.
Build consistency across channels in partnership with brand, creative, and copy teams.
Manage external agencies and design partners on larger web projects.
Track shipped work and use data to inform creative judgment.